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I have a ibanez rg 421 with a maple/ rosewood neck...the guitar is a hard tail so no locking nut. My question is, if I were to replace the neck with a maple / maple neck from an Rg 550 with a locking nut would I have any problems?
I understand that the two weren't designed to work together and it would require either locking the nut and not having fine tuning capabilities (which would be a drag), or removing the nut and replacing it with a standard nut ( which I assume would require adding wood where the locking nut used to be?), or just leaving the top clamp off of the locking nut ( which I'm not sure about).

I got a box of 10 sets of strings well over a year ago, and I still have 2 packs left. With only 3 guitars, and not playing in a band, I don't need to change them that often. How long will those new packs of strings last; by new ones I mean the ones still in the packs, not having been strung up on a guitar. Should I get new ones next time I need a string change, or will they last until they get put on a guitar and played?

What height do you suggest for the JB? I've been having some problems, it doesn't sound too good, but mostly I think it's because I've only played it through an Marshall MG amp so far, but still, I want to know if it has the right height, because I need to adjust it to the sweet spot.

Anyone notice any improvement in sustain? i would think it would be better in the neck.

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I thought that you might be able to answere this. I was wondering why you can't wind the top three lugs south and the bottom three north for a hum canceling pup.

Hi im new and im looking to upgrade my guitar. My guitar is currently a Vester SFT-70A and while it feels pretty good to play on the pickups are a bit on the dodgy side.

While I was in flordia I checked out a few guitarshops looking for an OLP MM-1F, Well, after awhile of checking out a few different guitars I decided on a mexcian telecaster.

I've sanded back and cleaned a maple neck and want to have a crack at finishing it. I'm thinking either an oil finish like EB/musicman and Gamp;L use, or a satin finish similar to modern fenders.

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Ok well I remember about 1 1/2 years ago (when I used to have an account here), there was a well known user who had a band just before the turn of the 90s and had a song called quot;Fire'' quot;Desire of Firequot; or something like that. It was like a power metal'esque song. I was wondering if any of you knew the user I am talking about or at least know the song I am talking about.

Hey guys, just got the parts in from Blackrose to upgrade the electronics on my Agile DC LP as the tone pots were finally crapping out. I got cts pots that individually read 498, 500, 502 and 502k. Is there any advantage in the specific placement of any of these pots or are the values close enough to not matter? I also got both .022 and .047 OD's to try out. I've been reading up on the 50's mod but can't seem to find a schematic for it, Help! I need a visual aid to be able to do this properly.

Need opinions on coil-splitting. I play an Epi LP with a SH-11 in the bridge which I love. Problem is a lot of the stuff I write has a fair amount of fingerpicking in and the SH-11 (and the SH-55 Seth Lover in the neck, for that matter) 'muddy' the sound up. They both seem to be too thick to get what I'm playing across with any clarity. I can't split the Seth Lover (2 way conductor wire) so my only option is to split the Custom Custom. Has anybody got any experience in doing this and if so, will it be enough to get fingerpicking stuff across. I'm talking in the vein of Jeff Buckley 'Hallelujah'. (Spelling!?! Arghh!)
Any advice or light from past experiences please.

I've just got hold of an on-on 2 way switch and an on-off-on 3 way, can people please suggest some useful and interesting things i can do with these on a dual seymour duncan loaded (4 conductor) fat strat w/2 vol amp; 1 tone.

I'm leaning toward the Blues Junior as my bedroom amp. I'm also pretty busy during the daylight hours and find it hard to get the moviation to go out and look at amps, etc. What can I expect from this? I will be using humbuckers and P-90s.

Hi, i have a Jackson Kelly KE3 and put in a full shred on the neck and an invader on the bridge.... awesome asskicking sound.
Please feel free to let us know what your experiences are with these pick ups.

Is it possible to get an Axis style trembucker in Zebra?

I've finally got the money to buy one sometime this summer if all goes as planned. But I just found out that they hiked the prices on this amp from 1200 to 1600. So will I still be able to find one on ebay for 5-600 like you used to be able to or are those days gone do you think? Should I be looking at spending more like 7-900 now?

Hello everyone, I just installed in my Ibanez S470 this pickups

folks , have any of you done the above? how would it be like?